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may 8, 1820 - Missouri compromise

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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. ... In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise

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may 8, 1820
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~ 206 years ago

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